
February 15th 21, 04:21 AM
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Nadler Arcus Bailout
On Sunday, February 14, 2021 at 12:14:07 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 11:14:52 AM UTC-5, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 9:52:59 AM UTC-5, IADPE wrote:
Dave and Spence made a presentation at the Little Rock Convention regarding the incident. I can’t find the video archive of it, but I thought it was available.
Here’s the NTSB report, not yet concluded: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/a...port/97551/pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8I3A3dqsu0
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Hank thank you for sharing those links. The youtube video is rather difficult to listen to - BUT MAN SHOULD YOU. Great things come from these events if there are survivors. My take away is briefings, equipment, and a prayer..
I'll be briefing bailouts (once I have my chute up and running) from now on.
Equipment will now include a static line for both seats, and the canopy struts will be replaced to assist in breakaway. The Spot will be stitched to my straps in a safe to mount place. I'll keep a car map with me in my pants. I'll only wear contacts if my vision gets as bad as his back seater apparently was, and I'll wear pants if possible. If I can work it out: I'll see if I can get a water holder on my pants, but hopefully that wouldn't mean losing the pants during opening lol!
I'm obviously open to further input. But those were some big takeaways for me.
FYI contacts will be gone even at subterminal freefall speeds.
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